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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit (ranked 157 p4p, 548 weight class) and Ulysses Battleby (ranked 12 p4p, 48 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ulysses Battleby!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Battleby throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sitsongrit misses with a jab to the body
and Battleby connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sitsongrit scores with a hook to the body. Battleby takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sitsongrit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sitsongrit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Battleby blocks a jab.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Battleby moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Battleby connects with a nice looking jab.
Sitsongrit is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a nice shot to the body.
Battleby throws a body shot but no joy.
Battleby tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sitsongrit works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick which misses Battleby's front leg but catches the back leg as Battleby tries to avoid it.
Battleby throws out a loose jab but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Battleby swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Battleby manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Battleby connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sitsongrit scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but it's checked well by Battleby.
Sitsongrit lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Battleby throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
As Battleby backs away, Sitsongrit returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Battleby has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Battleby's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit lands a nice hook to Battleby's body. Battleby takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab. Battleby acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sitsongrit getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sitsongrit scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Battleby doesn't seem bothered though.
Sitsongrit throws a looping overhand right but Battleby ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battleby delivers a nice body kick.
Sitsongrit throws a predictable looking body shot
and Battleby connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sitsongrit scores with a decent looking hook.
Battleby defending well as Sitsongrit loads up on a big left hand.
Battleby lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Battleby looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sitsongrit connects with a looping right hand.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battleby uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Battleby doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot
and Sitsongrit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Battleby.
Battleby takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sitsongrit lands a nice shot that snaps Battleby's head back.
Sitsongrit jabs at Battleby's body.
Battleby lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Battleby swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Battleby clinches up with Sitsongrit and pushes him back against the cage.
Sitsongrit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Battleby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Battleby can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
Battleby misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitsongrit.
Battleby misses with a body punch.
Sitsongrit struggles to land a body shot inside as Battleby controls his hands.
Sitsongrit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Battleby backwards.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Battleby can do to turn this around?
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Battleby.
Sitsongrit tries to break free but Battleby pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Battleby scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Battleby lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Battleby fails to land.
Sitsongrit has a couple of punches blocked by Battleby.
Battleby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitsongrit pushes Battleby back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Battleby misses with a body punch.
Battleby lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Battleby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit tries a body shot but Battleby blocks it.
Battleby lands with a short shot to the head.
Sitsongrit lands a body punch.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Battleby avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
Sitsongrit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Battleby moves out of range of the strikes.
Battleby steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sitsongrit throws a shot to the body.
Battleby lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Sitsongrit 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy uppercut
and Battleby counters with a left to the body.
Battleby fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sitsongrit throws a predictable looking body shot
and Battleby counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Battleby moves to clinch but Sitsongrit breaks away
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Battleby lands the left hand.
A big left from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit thows a leg kick but Battleby checks it
and Battleby counters with a straight right hand.
Battleby moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battleby misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
Battleby throws a right hand that misses
and Battleby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sitsongrit pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Battleby misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the body kick.
Battleby defending well as Sitsongrit loads up on a big left hand.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Battleby! But no joy.
Sitsongrit throws a looping overhand right but Battleby ducks down to avoid it.
Battleby lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battleby avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Battleby doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Battleby lands a body shot.
Sitsongrit thuds his right hand into Battleby's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sitsongrit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Battleby has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Battleby is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Battleby blocks a jab.
Sitsongrit cracks Battleby with a right hand to the side of the head.
Battleby connects with a single shot there.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ulysses Battleby will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Battleby.
Sitsongrit throws out a leg kick but Battleby moves out of range and Sitsongrit only half commits.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the side of Battleby's head but Battleby sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Battleby avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battleby moves forwards but Sitsongrit connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Battleby throws a low kick, looking for Sitsongrit's leg but Sitsongrit calmly moves out of range.
Battleby on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Battleby moves away and avoids it.
Battleby is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sitsongrit with a body shot.
Sitsongrit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sitsongrit lands with a right hand.
Sitsongrit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like Battleby was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Battleby lands a head kick. Sitsongrit smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Battleby turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Battleby misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battleby misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Sitsongrit on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sitsongrit misses with a jab to the body
and Battleby counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Battleby's ribcage but misses.
Battleby misses with the combination.
Battleby bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Battleby misses.
Battleby's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sitsongrit connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Battleby scrambles back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit scores with the left hand. Battleby knows he should have avoided that one.
Battleby is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Sitsongrit! Battleby is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit!
Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit retains his featherweight title!
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